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In the United States, what is called the American Rule requires that a person pays for his own attorney’s fees regardless of the outcome of a lawsuit. This is very different from the practice followed in England, which requires the ...

“Mission statements” have long been in vogue for Corporate America, and most such documents are simply vague statements promising to “do the right thing” for customers, employees and society. In the legal profession, of course, law firms have a vastly ...

No-Fault: Insurers can discover wholesale cost of surgical implants Two no-fault insurers can discover the wholesale costs of surgical implant products after a hospital sued the insurers for not paying the implant costs in full. In separate cases, Bronson Methodist ...

Under Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16, a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client if “the representation will result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer or has been rendered unreasonably difficult by the client.” However, withdrawing from a ...

LawBiz Coach’s Corner Top 10 lists have long been a journalistic staple, but their ongoing role on David Letterman’s show has made their use almost a cliché. Even so, a concise ranking can combine the value of focus with brevity. ...

LawBiz Coach’s Corner Large law firms that went under in the Great Recession, like Howrey and Heller Erhman, became the targets of personnel raids before their demise. Very good lawyers from these, and similar, law firms departed and joined other ...

The cost of malpractice insurance is an issue for every lawyer. Annual malpractice premiums cost thousands of dollars, often straining the ability of small firms and sole practitioners to purchase when premiums approach 10 percent or more of their income ...

The Brookings Institution is one of the premier think-tanks in Washington, and in a recent New York Times article, Clifford Winston, a “senior analyst” at Brookings, expounded on a truly subversive thought: by requiring lawyers to have a law degree ...

A law career has a dynamic all its own. When you enter practice, you travel a path of growth that has established seasons every bit as different and as full as the seasons of the year. By the time you ...